Industry & Academia Council
Building future-ready talent together.
Council Chairs
KRISHNA KUMARI PALLE
Senior Vice President, Global Delivery Head, Tech Mahindra
Kishore Borra
Managing Director, energytec.ai
Jaya Rama Krishna Nutulapati
Business Unit Head, TCS
Purpose
Industry-Academia Council aims to strengthen skill ecosystem for the future by institutionalising industry-academia collaboration, scaling apprenticeship program & internships to ensure Hyderabad’s talent pipeline leads India in AI, Digital, and Domain-specific skills.
Council focuses on improving faculty capabilities, modernizing academic curricula, enhancing industry engagement, and driving research and thought leadership to improve graduate employability across Telangana.
Objectives
- Build a future-ready faculty ecosystem through structured interventions
- Influence AI-ready, Industry-aligned curriculum design
- Improve internship/ apprenticeship opportunities for students
Deliverables
- Continuously strengthen and deliver “Drona” (Faculty development program)
- Create Communities of learning & practice for faculty
- Review and Formalize Recommendations for ‘Curriculum Upgrade’
- Apprenticeship & Internship Playbook
- Podcasts/ Youtube channel for student learning
- Annual Summit
- Benchmark Study: Skill gap report
Why Participate
Councils are where quality work happens: policy submissions, industry reports, playbooks, flagship events. As a member, you will be attending council meetings/ deliberations and contribute deliverables. You will
- Be a voice in policy that matters
- Gain peer access
- Contribute to tangible artifacts like reports, whitepapers, playbook
- Visibility for yourself and your organization
HYSEA Project Drona
Shape the Future of Industry-Ready Talent – clearer, more aspirational, and directly aligned with Project Drona 3.0.